{"id":15519,"date":"2020-04-13T09:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T08:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15519"},"modified":"2020-04-13T09:31:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T08:31:59","slug":"celtic-diary-monday-april-13-gunfight-not-okay-for-morale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etims.net\/?p=15519","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Diary Monday April 13: Gunfight Not Okay For Morale"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s difficult to know whose side we should be on during the current rammy between “rangers ” and the SPFL.<\/p>\n

Whilst the ins and outs of the debate over whether or not the season should be ended and theproze monies paid out are numerous, and there will have been a lot of scratching of backs and fiddling with knobs behind closed doors, it seems that this particular showdown has both participants wearing black hats.<\/p>\n

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In the blue corner, we have Wild Billy Bluenose, who can whip up a posse from the gutter at a moments notice to intimidate his opponent. A serial liar who is only interested in scamming the local thickies\u00a0 and leaving a trail of debt behind him before he gets on his horse and blows town.<\/p>\n

Over in the tartan corner, there is Kid Donkeycaster, who can whip up a cup of tea if given instructions, but won;t leave town because he’s forgotten which end of his horse points forward. The Kid is supported by the local officialdom who , in the best traditions of the one horse town , make the rules up as they go along.<\/p>\n

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It’s amusing, and it passes the time to watch them scratch each others eyes out, but again it shows just how badly run Scottish football is, and how one big noise can try to influence proceedings.<\/p>\n

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It’s difficult to see between the lines, but the further you stand back\u00a0 from a gunfight where you hope both guns go off at the same time, the easier it is to see where the bullets should land.<\/p>\n

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They should land between the eyes of both, and that way the town can get a bit of peace and quiet, and go about its normal business as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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Wild Billy is upset. He’s skint and the threatening letters are dropping through his letterbox.<\/p>\n

Worse still, the plague is in town and his business is closed. And hot dang, the bank won;t lend him any money because he has a habit of not paying them back.<\/p>\n

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But he’s a member of the Town Business guild, where a mans handshake is his word, though not his, obviously, and he thinks that the Kid should pay him some money thats due on his end of year bonus even though the year hasn;t ended yet.<\/p>\n

Billy thinks the Kid should cancel all the contracts but pay him anyway, and he’s not doing it for himself, mind, he’s doing it for all the little ranchholders who might lose their livelihood.<\/p>\n

Because Billy is a nice guy, and wants to be seen as one.<\/p>\n

Even though he would stab his granny for a fiver.<\/p>\n

Again.<\/p>\n

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The Kid said, by way of compromise, let’s put it to the vote.<\/p>\n

And to make sure everyone has time to think about it, they can have 28 days.<\/p>\n

But then he kept sending telegrams which let everyone who hadn’t voted by tea time how others were voting, so that Billy could send his posse round to help people make the right decision.<\/p>\n

In fact, word on the prairie is Billy was offering some guys a job in his gang if they made the right choice.<\/p>\n

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Thing is, everyone knows Billy is a liar, and one of them tried to put a notice up that he’d done as he was told, but then someone else got cold feet and said he’d sent his telegram to the wrong place and it ended up in the fire.<\/p>\n

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Then Billy said the Kid was a rootin tootin blackguard, and threatened go to the sheriff and demand a lynchin.<\/p>\n

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The kid told him to put up or shut up, and dangnabbit , if Billy didn’t say all he wanted was a loan anyway, from the towns emergency fund, and they could take it out of the money due when business picks up again.<\/p>\n

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The Kid hasn’t responded yet, but it could still be resolved at High Noon, but if that happens, then the big city papers will be after the story, and maybe the governer will send a federal marshall into town.<\/p>\n

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So they’ll probably all just scratch each others backs and fiddle with knobs to keep it all in house.<\/p>\n

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After all, no one wants the feds involved.<\/p>\n

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They might start to look deeper into the towns business, and thats when the shit kickin starts….<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, we had this…<\/p>\n

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